Calculating-machine.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

CALCULATING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1901.

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J. BRANDT. CALCULATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION PI'ED JUN a 1907.

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CALCULATING MACHINE.

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CALCULATING MACHINE.

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CALCULATING MACHINE. APPLIUATIONIFILED JUNE 5, 1901.

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EDWARD J. BRANDT, OF WAIERTOWN, WISCONSIN.

CALG ULATING-MACBINE Application filed June 5, 1907.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1905.

Serial No. 317,332.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, EDWARD J. BRANDT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of Wisconsin, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Calculating- Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The invention consists in what is herein shown, described. and. claimed; its object be ing to provide simple, economical and efiicient machines for calculatii'ig the number of parts of predetermined varying value in a currency requisite to the discharge of a pay roll or section of same. In other words, to accurately determine the least number of bills and pieces of money necessary in the payment of a sum total by varying predetermined fractional divisions of the same.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a vertical longitudinal section of a calculating machine in accordance with my invention, the same being indicated by lines 1- 1 in the figure next in order; Fig. 2, a horizontal section'of the machine at different elevations indicated by line 22 in Fig. 1, certain. duplicated. parts being indicated by dot ted lines; Figs. 3 and 4, transverse section. views of the machine respectively indicated "by" lines 3-43 and 4t-4 in Fig. 1, Fig. 5, a plan view of the key portion of the in achine partly broken away and in section; Fig. 6, a partly section front elevation of the register portion of the machine duplicated parts of same being indicated by dotted lines; Fig. 7, a sectional view indicated by line 77 in. Fig. 6, and Fig. 8, a side elevation of a detail of. the machine.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a casing and l), 0, its legs. Journaled in the sides of the casing a series of rock crs B each of which has a-lug in connection with a controlling spring d that is also in connection with an adjacent side of the casing. A crank e of each rocker is shackled to one end of a rod (l in sections joined by a turn buckle f to regulate its length. The other end of the rod extends through an eye of a hook-branch'gof an arm Din pivotal eonncc. tion with a lever E having a seginei'ital rackend in mesh with a pinion c loose on an arbor prelcraoly 4 rgnstituting part of a multiple-wheel registersncchanisin hereinafter more particularly described. The forward end of each ro s t or otherwise h l and obviate necessity for line adjustment; said rod is provided with a washer j that opposes the rear of the adjacent arm-branch (J and is in turn opposed by a spring is abutting a rodcollar m, there being restricted. 'rnoveinent of the companion arm D in a slot of'a flange n of a plate F fastened. to the sides of the casing aforesaid.

The rockers B are actuated by feet 0 of a series of cdgewise plates G each provided with a shank p guided in slots of a partition H and the major portion of the casing-top. Each plateshank engages a spiral-spring q abutting the partition H and caught at its upper end. in edge-notches of said shank. The several shanks are also edge-notcl'ied for the engagement of spring-eontrolled swinglatches l journaled in the casing-sides, and each latch is in the path of one of aseries of teeth 1'- of a slide J having longitudinal guideslots engaging casing-studs s, a spring if controlling the slide being secured to a lateral lug of same and one of said. studs. A pushkey K, guil'led in slots of the partition H and casing-top, has an edge thereof provided with a cam-notch with which a lug o, of the slide 3 is normally engaged, and a spring i isgenrploycd in connection with said lacy and. casing top to suspend the former. To limit its movement in either direction the key K is provided withstops w above'and below the aforesaid partition.

Push-buttons are employed in. connection with the shanks p of the plates G, and the stem at of each button is preferably in detaehablc cross-engagemcnt with the coin .panion plate-sl1a11k, the casing-top being correspondingly slotted to guide said stem and shank. As shown in Fig. 5, the pusl1buttons in the lowermost row are indexed l0" and multiples of ten in regularly ascending numerical order as high as 90 those in. the next row are indexed 1 to 9 in like order, beginning in each instance at the left of the operator facing the machine, and the remaining I ush-butt011s are indexed 1 to 99 inc usive beginning at the left of the lower'row of the group. The push-buttons in the lower group of two rows indicate dollars and thosein the group of ten rowsindicate cents.

When aplate G is depressed, by an opera tion of its com )anion push-button, the foot or feet 0 of said plate will tilt a like number of rockers B to move the COlllpfiIllUl'l arm or arms I) in link-rod connection therewith out of normal position into the path of the headbar of a reciprocative frame, the upper end of each arm being preferably convex and the underside of said bar concave to provide for automatic centering of said arm when the engagement of same and said bar is effected.

e reciprocative frame is supported in normal posltion by a spiral-spring z suspended from the flange n of the late F aforesaid, the lower end of this spri eing connected to a rod bof said frame, W 'ch rod is in opposition to the rack-levers E under the same, and each of these levers is in connection with a suspension spring 0' attached to a lug of said. plate. The throw of eachrack-lever is in proportion to the length of the arm Din connection therewith that is for the time bein swung in the ath of the head-bar y of the reciprocative rame, there being four armsof varying length in independent pivotal connection with some of said rack-levers, which" levers are indexed in Fig. 2, 20" 10 5 1 for dollars and 25 10 5 l for-cents. All these.rack-levers are ful crumed on a stationary rod L and spaced apart by; sleeves d on said rod.

A roc -shaft N is rovided with a crank e connected by a linkar M with a crank f of another rock-shaft N and'other cranks g of the latter rock-shaft are connected to the lower ends vof the sides of the reciprocative frame aforesaid. Fast on an outer end of the shaft N is an operators crank O, and this crank has its play between preferably cush ioned stops it rojecting laterally from a segmental rack in offset connection with a side of the casing A, this rack being preferably faced with a correspondin 1y toothed muffler t of indurated fiber, leather or other suitable material. In pivotal connection with the crank O is an oscillative detent Q one end of which is connected to a sprin 7 attached to a lug of said crank. The ot er end of the detent is clear of the rack P when 5" the crank O is on full stroke in either direction and then parallel to said crank. Initial movement of the crank from either limit of its throw, results in an automatic eng e ment of the detent with the rack, against t e withfand pi'qecting therefrom.

* with a bearingfor the resistance of the spring 7', at which time the position of said detent is such that a completion of the throw of said crank must be ef-' fected before it can be moved again in the opposite direction, this double-acting detent being an mportant feature of the machine,

the operator.

casing A is, provided hubof a pimon R in mesh'with a rack-crank S fast on the shaft L, andffast on said hub is a disk T intermediate of annular plates U held to revolution there- A springis is guided in a radial.

controlled clutch-do recess of the and surrounding said wheels hereinafter more scribed, whereby said whee s are prevented disk between "the plates U is another disk V the central aperture of which is ratchettoothed for the engagement of said clutchdog. Throw of the crank 0 toward the 0 erator imparts rotary motion to the disks 1, V, then in sli -clutch connection. When said crank reac es its limit of throw, the disk T is stopped, but the disk U is free to continue its movement due to acquired ,momentum. The crank 0 being releasedfor automatic return to normaLposition, the disk T has rotary motion reverse to that of the disk U, the clutch-dog k slipping on the ratchetteeth of the latter disk to retard the motion. The rotary disk-mechanism is a governor by which to regulate the movements of the crank O and parts therewith, whereby unpleasant and detrimental jarring of the machine as.a whole is avoided.

The upper ends of the sides m of the aforesaid reciprocative frame are forked and guided on anti-friction rollers 17.. these rollers being mounted on a suitably arranged stationary rod 0, which rod and another stationary rod p are engaged with the ends of channelbars W each of which is fastened to the lower one of said rods by a set-screw g or other suitable means. In spring-supported pivotal connection with one of the frame-sides m is a lever X suspended b a spring r in connection with it and sai frame side. An inclined upper edge portion of this lever abuts a stop 8 and a forward up'per tooth t of said lever obtrudes back of the lug u 'on the slide J when the reciprocative frame is swung down. On return of the frame to normal 0- sition, the lever X o crates to push the s 1de J to efi'ect a release 0 any of the-plates G and parts in connection therewith that may have een previously depressed.

In ivotal connection with each channelbar V? are a series of detents v .engageable with notches of adjacent multiplyin registerarticu arly defrom overrunning. The register-wheels are loose on parallel arbors A, B, C, D", for which suitable bearings are rovided, and the arbor A is the one on whic the pinions i aforesaid are mounted. A sprin -controlled pawl w in pivotal connection wit the hub of -each of the 'inions is en ageable with inner ratchet-teet 1 of'an annular character flange ister-wheel, and confined of the companion re ug of each register-wheel ina radial housingis a stop same. is stop-pin is at times engageable with a cam-groove in the adjacent arbor longitudinally thereof but said groove in nowise prevents the step-by-step rotary movement of the register-wheels on said arbor.

'Eachregister-wheel on the arbor" is pro,- vided with a tap et-rin'g z, and constitutes. the units-wheel ofbneof a series of independent multiplying register mechanisms in th' in m and a controlling spring 11/ for the is intermittently engaged.

machine. The tens register-wheels are on the arbor B and each of same is provided with a spur-gear ring it with which the tapet of the companion units registering-wheel Similar gear rings 0", d are provided in connection with the hundreds and thousands register-wheels, respectively and. the tens and-hundreds register-wheels are also provided with tappetrin s e, f, respectively. The ta pet-ring c has intermittent engagement wit a gearring 0" and thetappet-ring f has like engagement with a gear-ring at", said rings bemg suitably spaced on the hubs of their comanion register-wheels, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6.

In Fl 1, the front of the casing is shown provides with apertures through which to view the several register-wheels, and all the ar'bors for said Wheels are in gear-train connection, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. The arbonB? is also shown provided with a s urwheel G in mesh with a inion E of a eysha-ft F by which all t e arbors may be turned to en age with the stop-pins of the register-whee s thereon, the pin-abutting faces of the cam grooves in said arbors being alternately in op osite directions, and in one full revolution 0 each arbor the cipher charactors of all the companion registerwheels will appear at the reading points.

that all the register-wheels are in normalposition, that is with the cipher-characters of same at the readin points, the operator reads from a pay-rel or section of same the Wagewalues in consecutive'order thereon, and for each wage value said operator first depresses corresponding push-buttons and then ulls the crank 0 forward its full throw to reg-- zster the parts of currency necessary to pay wage. For instance if the wage is $36.91, the 30 ush button of the lower row of nine, the 6 pus button in the next row above and the 91 ush-button in the series 1 to 99 inclusive wlll be depressed, and the companion latches I are then operative to hold said buttons depressed until such time as the crank O is given a full forward throw and released to automatically return to normal po sition, this return of the crank resulting in an o eration of the slide J to unlatch the shanks 0 plates G with which said buttons are connected. The registration for the. currency parts necessary to make up the age amount aforesaid is a result of a combination of arms a rock of all the raciolevers E a distance sufli-- cient to move all theunits register-wheels one space, allot said arms being of approximate y the same length.

There are four arms .l) of gradually diminishing length in pivotal connection with the In the operation of the machine, assuming! reglster-wheel.

*tion with the 10 cent rack-lever and four in connection with the 1 cent rack-lever. Hence if the longest of any tour group of the aforesaid. arms be acted upon by the reciprocative frame, the companion units register-wheel will have a four step rotary movement, and if the longest of the two group of arms be likewise acted upon, its companion units register-wheel will have atwo step rotary movement. From the foregoing it follows that the unit register-wheel comanion to either four group of arms will liave a three or two step rotary movement according to which one'oi said arms designed to effect the corresponding throw of the relative rackdever is swung into the path of the head-bar of the aforesaid frame. A

depression of the 20, 40, 60 or dollar push-buttonsets the machine for a one, two, three or four step rotary movement of the twenty dollar units register-Wheel. A depression,0f the 1, 2, 3 or 4 dollar push-button sets the machine for a one, two, three or four step rotary movement of the one dollar units register-wheel A depression, of the 20 cent push-button sets the machinev for a two step rotary movement of the tencent units rcgister wheel, and the depression of the 1,. 2, 3 or 4 cent push-button sets the machine for a one, two, three or four step rotary movement of the. cent units Hence it stood. that each of the- 20 and 1 dollar, and the 1 cent units register-wheels moves the number of steps its unit occurs ina wage tallied by the machine up to four times said unit, and the same is true of the 10 cent units register-wheel up to twice its unit occurs in a wage likewise tallied.

All the various possible combinations from one cent to ninety nine dollars and ninetynine cents are predetermined in the machine herein set forth, and the parts of ourrency necessary to any amount within these limits are registrablcby said machine up to a sum total of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine of each part. Hence when a pay-roll or section of same, is tallied by. said machine, the number of parts of predetermined value in currency necessary to the ready discharge of said pay-roll or section of same is mechanically calculated, by the several independent registers.

As another instance of a wage tally, as-

sume the amount of the wage be $80.48, the 80 dollar and 48 cent push-buttons will be depressed, and upon an operation of the crank 0 the 20 dollar units registernvhecl will have a four step movement, the twentyfive cent units register-wheel a one step inox' ement, the ten cent units register-wheel a two step movement and the one cent units register-wheel a three step movement.

in the manipulation of the machine, if'a will be underwrong push-button is depressed an operation of the ush-stem K will serve to unlatch the pate-shank in connection with said button and permit return of same to normal position. It will also be understood that if one push-button in any transverse row of said buttons is depressed, the depression of another in the same row will result in an unlat ching of the first.

The details of the machine herein set forth may be varied indefinitely without depar ture from the scope of my invention in a generic sense.

I claim: I

1. A calculating machine comprising a series of spring-control led rockers each provided with a crank, means for actuating the rockers, rods in connection with the cranks of the rockers, spring controlled levers having segmental rack-ends, arms controlled by the rods and pivotally connected to the levers, an arbor, pinions loose on the arbor in mesh with the rack-ends of said levers, units register-wheels loose on said arbor, ratchet-andpawl' mechanism connecting the registerwheels with the pinions, other register-wheels in multiplying train with each of those aforesaid, means for tiltin and temporarily latching the aforesaid roe ers out of normal position singly and in various combinations to thereb set one or more of the aforesaid arms in wor ing position, a lever-andring controlled slide-frame to which sai arms in working position are opposed, and means in conjunction with said frame for unlatching the tilted rocker or rockers.

2. A calculating machine comprising a series of springcontrolled rockers each pro vided I with a crank, means for actuating the rockers, a rod in connection with the crank of each rocker, s ring-controlled levers having segmental raclE-ends, arms controlled by the rodsand pivotally connected to the levers, an arbor, pinions loose on the arbor in mesh with the rack-ends of said levers, units register-wheels loose on said arbor, ratchet-andpawl mechanism connecting the registerwheels with the pinions, other register-wheels in multiplying train with each of, those aforesaid, means for tilting and temporarily latching the aforesaid rockers out of normal position singly and in various: combinations to thereb set one or more ofthe aforesaid arms in wor ing position, a lever-and-spring controlled slide-frame to which said arms in working position are opposed, means in conjunction with said frame for unlatehing the tilted rocker or rockers, and means for setting all the register-wheels to have the ciphercharacter of each at the reading point.

3. In a calculating machine, a series of spring-controlled rockers each provided with a crank,.means for actuating same, a rod in 'connectionwith a crank of each rocker,

spring-controlled levers having segmental rack-ends, arms controlled by the rods and pivotally connectedto the levers, an arbor, pinions l'oose on the same in mesh with the rack-endsof said levers, units register-wheels loose on said arbor, ratchet-and-pawl mec'h :amsm connecting the register wheels with the pinions; other register-wheels in multiplying to thereby one or more of the aforesaid ar1ns,1n working position, a lever-and-spring controlled slide-frame to which said arms in working position are opposed, and means in connection with said frame for unlatching the tilted rocker or rockers.

4. A calculating machine comprising a series ofspring-controlled rockers each provided with a crank, edgewise plates having rockeropposing feet and spring-su ported pushbutton shanks, spring-controlled latches engageable with notches of depressed shanks, a s ring-controlled retractor for all the late es, rods in connection with the cranks of the rockers, spring-controlled levers having segmental rack-ends, arms controlled by the rods and pivotally connected to the levers, an arbor, pinions loose on the arbor in mesh with the rack-ends of said levers, units regis ter-wheels loose on said arbor, pawl-andratchet mechanism connecting the register wheels with the pinions, other re ister-wheels in multi lying train with each 0 those aforesaid, a everand-spring controlled slideframe operative on any one or more of the aforesaid arms adjusted out of normal position, and means in conjunction with said frame for actuating the aforesaid latch-' retractor. p

5. A calculating machine comprising a series of spring-controlled rockers each pro vided with a crank, edgewise plates having rocker-opposing feet and spr1ng-supported ush button shanks, spring controlled atches engageable with notches of depressed shanks, a springcontrolled retractor for all the latches, a spring-controlled push-stem operative on depression to actuate the latchretractor, rods in connection with the cranks of the rockers, spring-controlled levers having segmental rack-ends, arms controlled by the rods and pivotally connected to the levers, an arbor, pinions on the arbor to mesh with the rack-ends of said levers, units register;wheels loose on sai,d arbor, pawl-andrat et inechanism connecting the registerwhe els with the pinions, other re i'ster-wheels in multiplying train with each ofthose afores said, a. ever and spring controlled. slide frame. operative on anyone or more of the aforesaid arms adjuste out ofnormal position, and means inl'conjunction, with said frame for actuating said latch-retraction? nection with the levers, means for throwing- I 6. A calculating machine comprising a series of s ring-connected rockers each provided wit a crank, means for actuatin same, a rod-in connection with the crank 0 each rocker, s' ring-controlled levers having so mental rac -ends, arms controlled by the ro s and pivotally connected to the levers,

an arbor, pinions loose on the arbor in multiplying train with each of those aforesaid, detents engageable with notches of the several re ister-wheels, means for tilting and temporariy latching the aforesaid rockers out of-no'rmal position singly and in various combinations to thereby set. one or more of the aforesaid arms in working position, a lever-and-spring controlled slide-frame to which said arms'in working position are oposed, and means. in conjunction with said rame for. unlatching the tilted rocker or rockers, and a governor mechanism controlling said frame and its operating crank. 7. In a calculating machine, a series of spring-controlled levers having segmental rack-ends, arms inpivotal connection with the levers, means governing throw of the arms into working-position, a sliding-frame to which said arms in working position are opposed, a sprmg'and a lever controlling the "frame, an arbor, pinions loose on the arbor 'inmesh with the .rack-ends -of-'the. levers,- unitsregister-wheels loose on said arbor, and other register-wheels in multiplying train with each of those aforesaid.

8. In a calculating machine, a series of.

spring-controlled levers, arms in pivotal conand temporarily holding one or more of said spring-controlled levers, operating arms in arms in working position, a sliding-frame to which each arm in working position is olpposed, a spring and lever for the control of t e frame, arm-releasing mechanism Wltl'l which said frame .006 crates, a series of multiplying registers, an means-inconjunction ever for actuating a companion with each register.

9'. Ina calculating machine, a=series of spring-controlled levers, arms in pivotal con nection withthe levers, there being a p lu' rality of arms. of different lengths companion to some of the' levers, means for throwin I and temporarily holding one or more of saiarms in working position, a sliding-frame to which each arm in working position is opposed, a spring and lever for the control of the 'frame arm releasing mechanism with which said frame coeperates, a' series of multiplying registers, and means in conjunction w th each lever for actuating a companion.

register;

10. In a calculatingmachine, aseries of said branchesof the arms, a s iral-sprmg confined on 'each rod between a co lar of same and a washer thereon opposing the eyebranch of the companion arm, spring-cork on all the arms adjusted to working position, a series of multiplying registers, means in companion register, frame-actuating mechanism, and frame-controlled release mechanism, for said latches.

spring-compelled levers, operating arms 'in plvotal connection therewlth, ro s in sections joined by turn-buckles and connected to said arms, springcontrolled mechanisms justed to working position, a series of multiplying re isters, means in conjunction with each lever oractuating a companion register, frame-actuating mechanism, and frame-controlled release-mechanism for said latches.

12. In a calculating machine, a series of multiplying-registers, a corresponding series of same for actuating acompanion register, a spring-controlledslide-frame a rod of which underlies ;the levers, arms in pivotal connecand in seriesinto the path o ahead-bar of same frame, means for'mair itlining the adjustment, releasing mechanism in CODjIIIIC-r tion with the frame, and crank-controlled spring-resistance.

13. In a calculating-machine, a multiplya rock-shaft provi ed with an operators pinion-in mesh with the rack crank, a hearng for the pinion-hub, a disk-fast on said hub between annular .plates held to revolution therewith and pro'ecting therefrom, a spring-controlled clutcii-dog guided that surrounds the one aforesaid and is ratchet-toothed for theengagement of said in testimony that I claim the foregoing I have. hereunto set In hand at Watertown in the county of Do 'g'e and State'of Wiscousin in the presence of two witnesses.

7 "EDWARD. J. BRANDT;

Witnesses: I

HUGO Korma,

11. In'a calculating machine, a series of' for actuating the rods, latches-for the same, a slide-frame operative on all the arms adof levers and means in conjunction with eachmechanism for actuating said frame against ing-register actuating-mechanism comprising in. a radial recess of the disk, and another disk I pivotal connection-therewith and provided I with eye-branches, adjusting rods engaging 4 trolled mechanisms for actuating the rods,. latches for the same, a slide-frame operative conjunction with each lever for actuating a I tion with said levers andad ustahlexsingly crank, a rack-crank fast on said shaft, a 

